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An Ultra-Orthodox wedding, Tomatina festival, Stockholm fashion, a sniper’s sight in Syria and more in today’s daily brief.

Police dog “Dr. Max” jumps out of a pram to pursue a pretended pickpocket during a presentation of the k-9 unit of the police in Dresden, eastern Germany. The Dresden police organized an action day themed “Police and its animal helpers.” (Arno Burgi/GettyImages)

A woman and her baby are seen through the scope of an opposition fighter sniper gun, as she flees the Saif al-Dawla neighborhood of the Syrian northern city of Aleppo, amid heavy street fighting. The battle for Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, has lasted for over a month, with the army unable to dislodge the rebels. (Zac Baillie/GettyImages)

A Syrian refugee girl looks out of her parents’ tent at the Al Za’atri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. The pace of Syrian refugees reaching Za’atri camp in northern Jordan has doubled, with 10,200 arriving in the past week, heralding what could be a bigger mass movement, said Melissa Fleming, chief spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (Ali Jarekji/Reuters)

A model walks down the runway during the Maria Sofia Bahlner S/S 2013 Fashion Show from the Swedish School of Textiles during the Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week in Stockholm, Sweden. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

A model walks down the runway during the Maria Sofia Bahlner S/S 2013 Fashion Show from the Swedish School of Textiles during the Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week in Stockholm, Sweden. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

A model walks down the runway during the Daniel Bendzovski S/S 2013 Fashion Show from the Swedish School of Textiles during the Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week in Stockholm, Sweden. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

A model walks down the runway during the Daniel Bendzovski S/S 2013 Fashion Show from the Swedish School of Textiles during the Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week in Stockholm, Sweden. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

A man walks in front of tires set on fire by rioting youths for the third consecutive day in the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa. Kenya’s prime minister said on Wednesday the country’s enemies were behind the killing of a Muslim cleric that triggered riots he described as being conducted by an “underground organization” to create divisions between Christians and Muslims. (Siegfried Modola/Reuters)

Policemen gesture to a driver stranded in a car on a flooded road as waves are whipped up by typhoon Bolaven in Qingdao, Shandong province. Gales and downpours brought by typhoon Bolaven swept through parts of northeast China from Tuesday evening to Wednesday, flooding cities and delaying flights, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Reuters)

A man stands in front of an uprooted oak tree on Louisiana Avenue as Hurricane Isaac makes land fall in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Isaac drove water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans on Wednesday, but the multibillion-dollar barriers built to protect the city itself after the 2005 Katrina disaster were not breached, officials said. (Sean Gardner/Reuters)

People rest in a rescue truck atop a levee next to floodwaters after being rescued in Plaquemines Parish in Braithwaite, Louisiana. Dozens were reportedly rescued in the area after levees were overtopped by floodwaters from Hurricane Isaac. Today is the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Bomb experts made a controlled detonation of a 250 kilo World War II bomb on Tuesday night, after they decided they could not defuse it. The bomb was discovered on Monday night by building workers at the site of an old bar that was being demolished. Overnight, 2,500 residents were evacuated from the area closest to the bomb, with others living further away being told to stay in their homes. According to the police there were no injuries caused by the explosion in the Schwabing district. (Reuters)

Yawalapiti men dance during the celebration of this year’s ‘quarup,’ a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them, in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State. This year the Yawalapiti tribe honoured two people – a Yawalapiti Indian who they consider a great leader, and Darcy Ribeiro, a well-known author, anthropologist and politician known for focusing on the relationship between native peoples and education in Brazil. (Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

A Jewish bride (C) from the Ultra-Orthodox Tholdot Avraham Yizhak Hasidic group, is escorted by her family members to her wedding ceremony in the Ultra Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem. (Menahem Kahana/GettyImages)

A group of Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews are seen behind a curtain during the wedding ceremony of the granddaughter of the Rabbi of the Tholdot Avraham Yizhak Hasidic group, in the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem. (Menahem Kahana/GettyImages)

A Jewish bride dances with her grandfather, the Rabbi of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish group, Tholdot Avraham Yizhak Hasidic, during her wedding in Mea Shearim, an ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem. During the Mitzva Tanz dance ritual members of the community and family dance in front of the bride at the end of the wedding ceremony. (Menahem Kahana/GettyImages)

Revelers battle in tomato pulp during the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed – everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story – but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

Revelers take part in the annual “tomatina” tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, near Valencia. Tens of thousands of revelers hurled 120 tons of squashed tomatoes at each other, drenching the streets in red in a gigantic Spanish food fight known as the Tomatina. (Biel Alino/GettyImages)

An Indian resident cries near the remains of her house burnt by rioters in Kharabari Charak Math village at Barpeta district, some 170km from Guwahati. Violence in Assam has spilled over to the neighboring Barpeta district as a rally by members of the All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) turned violent killing one person and burning down five houses. (Biju Boro/GettyImages)

Afghan labourer Ziarat Gul, 55 (C)and family members work at a brick factory in Surkh Rood district on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Poverty and an ongoing insurgency by the ousted Taliban still pose a threat to the stability of the country.(Noorullah Shirzada/GettyImages)

Two boys sunbath on concrete blocks at a beach in Cadiz, Spain. (Christina Quicler/GettyImages)

A supporter of the ruling MPLA party smiles during the party’s last rally for the parliamentary elections in Camama, outside the capital Luanda. Angolans will go to the polls on Friday to elect lawmakers and their president. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

A mahout sits in between elephants which are participating in festivities marking the annual harvest festival of Onam at a temple on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Kochl. (Sivaram V/Reuters)

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